Boll-weevil machine



June 3, 1924 J. C.VAND|VEER BOLL WEEVIL MACHINE Filed April 2]., 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 e 3 1924. Jun J. c. VANDIVEER BOLL WEEVIL MACHINE ms a sheetsheez 2 Filed April 21 June 3, 1924. 1,496,395

1 '.1, c. VANDNEER BOLL WEEVII.: MACHINE Filed April 21 923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 gin/vanto@ M 11m/6556 A IC MND/V55@ #www Patented June 3, 1924.

1 l ED S T JOHN CALVIN VANDIVEER, OF'H'ENNING, TENNESSEE.

BoLL-Wnrzvrr. MACHINE. l

Application filed April 21, 1923.

To 'all whom t may concer/n:`

Be it known that I, JOHN C. VANDIVEER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henning, in the county of Lauderdale and 5 State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in a Boll WVeevil Machine, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to means for taking insects from and around growing plants and moreparticularly to'improvements in a machine? for gathering and destroying boll weevils from V.cotton plants.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a cotton boll weevil destro'ying machine having novel nozzle members for effectively removing and catching all of the boll weevils from and around the cotton plants and means for creating a suctionthrough said nozzles. i

.Another prime-object of the invention is to provide a vehicle either of the horse drawn lor tractor type constructed in dierent sizes for operating oneor more rows of'cotton plants simultaneously embodying a frame having the novel nozzles connected with the forward end thereof, a suction fan .and casing connected with the nozzles and a reticulated receptaclek connectedy with the said suction fan for receiving the insects therefrom7 the lsuction fan being adapted to be driven from one of the ground engaging wheels in case the vehicle is of the horse drawn type or connected with the motor of the vehicle,V if the vehicle is of the power t e. l

yInother prime object of the invention is to provider a novel suction head having means rotatably mounted therein and driven from the vehicle for preventing the clogging up of the vnozzle and thereby insuring the correct operation yof the vehicle under all circumstances. i

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved boll weevil destroying machine of the above character, which willfbedur-able and eiiicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost. y With these andother objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will Serial No. 633,724.

be hereinafter more 'specifically described,

` claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through y one form of the improved device.

'Figure 2 is a top plan view of this form of the device.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the im# proved suction head carried by the device. h Fgure 4' is a section through the suction ea Y Figure 5 is a top plan view of a modified formV of the machine which is adapted to be A used as a two-row machine, and

Figure 6is a side elevation of the same. Referring to lthe drawings in detail,

whereinV similar reference characters desig-` nate corresponding parts throughout the several views the letter A generally indi- Cates one form of themachine shown in `Figures 1-to 4 inclusiveand the letter `B desi nates another form of the machine shown 1n Figures 5 and`6 inclusive. y

The machine A is adapted to be used as a single row machine, while the machine B is adapted to be used as a double row machine and it is to be understood at this point that the same may be made in larger sizes if so desired. A

The machines A and B also are shown to be of the horse drawn t pe, but it is obf vious that the principle o the invention can be incorporated with a motor truck or other motor vehicle. The improved machine A embodies a frame 10 including the longitudinally extending side channelbeams 11 and the end transverse beams 12 and 13. The'side channel beams 1l support front and rear axles 14 and 15, which can be mounted in suitable bearings carried by the said beams. vAs shown the front axle 14 has Secured thereto in anyk preferred way front ground engaging wheels 16, while the rear axle 15 `has connected thereto in any preferred way rear ground engaging wheels 17, which can be provided with ground engagin cleats 18, ifso desired.` Y

ounted upon the frame 1() in any pre'- ferred manner is a suitable enlarged suction A member 20, which embodies a two-part housside of the housing 21 and has keyed or otherwiseA secured thereto a drive pulley 24, the purpose of which, will be hereinafter more fully described.v The-1 housing 21 has communicating therewith an intake head 25 and the intake head 25 has connected therewith the longitudinally extending. .intake pipe 26, the extreme forward end of which communicates with the axial center off the insect collecting head or nozzleBO. This insect collecting head or'nozzle B0 'embodies front .and krear disk-shaped plates 31 and 32, andl itis to benoted that the front plate ,31' is Tof va less diameter than the' rear plater l32 and is connected therewith by brackets which hold the plates in spaced relation. The space around the plates constitutes the intake nozzle for permitting the sucking `of the boll weevils from oi of the cotton plants. As the'boll weevils Yare sucked into the nozzle,`tlie'saiiie are brought back through the pipe 26 into the housing 21 'and then into the discharge pipe 34 which leads to the deposit receptacle This deposit receptacle a 35 preferably has its side walls'thereof madeY of reticulatedA material to permit the contents thereofto be readily seen and this receptacle can be connected in any `preferred way,Vv to the frame 10 of the machine. desired 'this receptacle can be made removablezso as to permitthe contents to be readily destroyed, or as shown in thedrawings the receptacle canV be provided witha lower` hinge wall 36so as to permit the boll weevils to be dumped therefrom.

'Inv order to prevent thel clogging upof the intake nozzle' or head 30, a rotatable blade 37 is mounted within the nozzle and arranged for movementbetween the plates 31 and 32.H As shown the blade 37 is keyed or otherwise secured to a drive shaft `38, having, connection with the front axle 14 through vsuitable'meshingbeveled gears 38.

The fan can be driven in any desired manner` and as shown the fan is driven from one ofthe rear Wheels 17. One of the rear wheels 17 has bolted or otherwise secured thereto as at 39 a ring gear 40 around which is trained ya drive sprocket chain 41. drive sprocket chain 41 is also trained about a relativelysmall drive sprocket wheel 42 keyed or otherwise secured to a stub shaft 43. Th'isstub shaft 43 is mounted in suitable bearings 44 carried by the 'upstanding traine 45 secured to one ofthe channel beams i This shaft 43 has keyed or otherwise l1; secured thereto a relatively large balance wheel 46 and trained about this balancev wheel is a drive belt 47. This drive belt 47 is also trained about the drive pulley 24 and thus it can be seen that asthe machine is pulled over. theground, that the fan will be effectively driven at a relatively high rate of speed from one of the ground engaging wheels,l Theifront'portion of the frame 10 The -1 struction thereof `is similar to the form A shown in Figures l to 4 inclusive.

The iornfB comprises a frame 50 having connected thereto by suitablerbearings the.

front andrear ,axles 51 and 52, which have 'securedthereto the front and .rearv ground wheels ,53' and 54. A bed plate' is secured to the frame 50 and has arranged thereon'in any preferred manner a suction fan k56 having a drive pulley 57 which is in alignment with a drive pulley 58 keyed or otherwise secured tothe. rear axle 52. These pulleys 57 and 58'haveV trained about the same a drive belt59fand thus it is obvious thatas be of course understood that the suction fan can bedriven by'a suitable motor which/can be mounted upon the frame ifl so desired.`

the frame 5() isy drawn over Lthe field that." Y the suction fan 56 will be operated, Itis to The ksuction fan 56 has communicating y' therewith tlie'intakenozzle head 60 and the outlet pipel which leadsto a suitabledev-A The intake posit box 62' for the insects. suction head 60 has communicating there'- with a forwardly extending horizontally disposedpipe 63 which in turn communicatesV with "a transversely extending `front suction pipe 64' which has lcommunication with y'they axial'centers of a .pair of intake suction nozzles 65` and66. These intake suction `nozzles 'and 66 are OfSubStantiallythe sameconstruction as the intake nozzle 30 shownv in the form A of my invention, and these nozzles also have rotatably'mounted,

therein' the` insect or beater blade 68iwhich". can be driven in anyA preferred manner from" the front axle 51.

Of course'the machines can be considered as tractors if so desired instead of 'horse drawn vehicles.

Changes in ydetailsmay be madef without departing from the spirit Yor the scope of this invention.

lVhat 1 claim asnew is 1. A boll weevil destroying machinecom#y prislng a' wheeled frame, a suction fan" mounted upon the frame including-inletand outlet. pipes, means for driving thefan, an insect deposit with the outlet pipe, and insect ygathering nozzle communicating with the inletpipe and including a pair of front and rear spaced plates, the front plate being of aless diameter than the.` rear plate', and bowed Abrackets connecting the plates together in spaced relation.

2. An insect destroying machine 'compris' llO receptacle Y communicating ing a wheeled frame, a suction fan mounted upon the frame including an inlet and outlet pipe7 means for driving the fan, an insect intake nozzle including a pair of spaced circular lates, the inlet pipe communicating with t e axial center of the nozzle and eX- tending through one of said p1ates,.a rotatable beater blade mounted in said nozzle between said plates, and an insect receiving receptacle communicating with the outlet 10 pipe.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CALVIN VANDIVEER.

Witnesses:

M. D. DIAL, J, B. FRANKLIN. 

